June 27, 2006

Here’s the latest from the Senate Commerce Committee where a “mark-up” on several amendments to Senator Stevens’ Telecom Act is scheduled to begin Tuesday at 10 AM. That probably means that the Snowe-Dorgan Net Neutrality amendment will come before Committee as early as the mid-afternoon.

If successful the vote on the amendment would put Net Neutrality language into the massive Telecommunications Act. This is critical.

If your senators sit on the committee, they need to hear from you today. Ask them to support the Snowe-Dorgan Net Neutrality amendment to the larger Telecom Act (S. 2686).

Here are the members of the committee who have not taken a strong position in favor of Internet freedom and for the Snowe-Dorgan Amendment. Call them now:

Chairman Ted Stevens (R-Alaska)Phone: 202-224-3004

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.)Phone: 202 -224-2235

Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.)Phone: 202-224-2353

Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.)Phone: 202-224-5274

Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.)Phone: 202 224 3224

Sen. David Vitter (R-La.)Phone: 202 224-4623

Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.)Phone: 202-224-6253

Sen. Conrad Burns (R-Mont.)Phone: 202-224-2644

Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.)Phone: 202-224-6551

Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.)Phone: 202-224-6244

Sen. John E. Sununu (R-N.H.)Phone: 202-224-2841

Sen. Gordon Smith (R-Ore.)Phone: 202-224-3753

Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.)Phone: 202 224-6121

Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas)Phone: 202-224-5922

Sen. George Allen (R-Va.)Phone: 202-224-4024

Sen. John D. Rockefeller (D-W.Va.)Phone: 202-224-6472

Your phone calls actually make a difference. Please call now and urge your senators to support the bipartisan Snowe-Dorgan Internet Freedom amendment in the Commerce Committee. The free and open Internet as we know it is on the line.